Margaretta biker



M. BIKER.

(No Model.)

BED PAN.

No.l 405,182.

Patented June 11, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARGARETTA BIKER, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

BED-PAN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 405,182, dated June 11,1889. Application filed March 14, 1889. Serial No. 303,292l (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGARETTA BIKER, a citizen of the United States,residing' at Newv York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Bed-Pans, of which thefollowing` is a specification.

This invention consists of certain new and useful improvements inbed-pans, which are fully described in the following specification andhereinafter claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure l is a vertical section in the line asx of Fig. 2 of myimproved bed-pan. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof without the perforatedsteaming-plate. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the perforatedsteaming-plate. Fig. 4L is a section of said plate on, the line y y ofFig. 3.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the body of the bed-pan, which is a hollowvessel, in whose top is formed a semicircular opening B, from thecircular edge of which rises a flange C, which extends backward towardthe straight side of the opening, the flange becoming narrower and ofdiminishing heightas it cxtends back, until it sinks at the rear to thelevel of the top of the body of the bed-pan. The rear of the bed-pan isprovided with a curved extension O, which starts from the rear end ofthe opening B, where it is of the same height as the body of thebed-panand inclines downward gradually toward its outer edge, forming asuitable support for the hips of the patient. The extension O is hollow,and its interior communicates with the inte'- rior of the bed-pan.

The front and higher part of the flange C is provided with an opening D,to which is fitted a door E, which in this example is made to slide ingrooves F, which receive tongues G, formed on the edges of the door. Theobject of the opening D is to provide means of access for administeringan injection to a patient while he is resting on the bed-pan. The frontpart of the bed-pan is provided. with a pipe H, to which a groove I,formed on the bottom plate of the bed-pan, can conduct liquids that areto be discharged from the pan. A'perforated screen N is placed beforethe mouth of pipe H, to prevent any solid matter from passing into thepipe. The pipe H is provided with a cap J to close it when desired. Anopening K for the discharge of rubbish is formed in the bottom of thepan, and is provided with a screw-cap to close it.

Into the semicircular openingB in the top of the bed-pan is fitted aremovable perforated pan or vessel L, whose rim is turned over, asl

at M, so that it is thereby suspended on the edge of the opening B. Theobject of the perforated vessel is toenable the bed-pan to be used foradministering a steam or vapor bath to the patient, the steam or hotWater being admitted into the bed-pan through the pipe H by any usualmeans-as, for instance, by a rubber or other tube-the bottom of thevessel preventing the body of' the patient from extending into the hotwater which may have been introduced and from direct con tact with thecurrent of steam, while the perforations allow the vapor or steam to acton the patient in a manner that may be more or less graduated andcontrolled by placing one or more layers of muslin on the perforatedbottom of the pa-n L.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isnl. Abed-pan having in its top an opening B, from the edge of which rises aflange C, provided directly in its front With an orifice D, over whichis fitted a movable door E, for opening` and closing said orifice,substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. A bed-pan provided with the pipe Hand at its top with the opening B,and upwardlyprojecting flange C about the opening, in combination withthe removable pan L, having a perforated bottom and adapted to set inthe top opening of the bed-pan, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

MARGARETTA RIKER.

Vit-nesses:

WILLIAM C. HAUEF, J. VAN SAN'rvooRD.

